There's a lot of guys that just get comfortable with their positions and rest on their laurels. I had to earn my way.
Men famed for wit, of dangerous talents vain, Treat those of common parts with proud disdain; The powers that wisdom would, improving, hide, They blaze abroad, with inconsid'rate pride; While yet but mere probationers for fame, They seize the honor they should then disclaim: Honor so hurried to the light must fade, The lasting laurels nourish in the shade.
I kind of feel like I have grown as just like a human being as a human being by being able to adapt and adjust and know that like you can't ever rest on your laurels, you have to sort of wake up; you actually have to be present.
Even though I've had the body of work I've had, and the success I've had, I do not rest on my laurels whatsoever.
I refuse to make money out of my science. My laurel is not for sale like so many bales of cotton.
It was absolutely thrilling to meet Laurel and Hardy, they were so nice.
You Can't Rest on Your Laurels. Your Own Body of Work Is Yet to Come.
It's about doing things that you haven't done before, where you're still kind of a beginner, and not resting on your laurels.
I don't know all the reasons for these achievements, but I know that I love what I do and I have never wanted to rest on my laurels.
All my laurels you have riven away, and my roses; yet in spite of you, there is one crown I bear away with me. . . One thing without stain, unspotted from the world, in spite of doom mine own! And that is. . . my white plume.
A thousand glorious actions that might claim Triumphant laurels, and immortal fame, Confus'd in crowds of glorious actions lie, And troops of heroes undistinguished die.
Rest on laurels? I wish I could do that. No, you rest when you're dead
As you get older, the assumption is you get wiser. I try to earn it by not staying still, not resting on laurels. A lot of people in other professions are retired at my age. I care about music more than ever.
The laurels of an orator who is not a master of literary art wither quickly.
There are no laurels in life, just new challenges.
You never want to rest on your laurels. You want to keep doing things that terrify you.
Never, ever rest on your laurels. Today's laurels are tomorrow's compost.
I refuse to sit on my laurels.
With a terrible script you hustle and try to make it better. But with a good script it can be trouble because you rest on your laurels, so to speak, you think it's going to translate easily.
I've grown tired of resting on my laurels and have decided to start resting on my failures.
